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Insurers Want Say in Policyholders' Document Retention Policies

I think we all knew this was coming, soon or later.  What took them so long?

With the rising costs of ediscovery, liability insurers are beginning to find new ways to recover and control those costs in their insurance products, either through training programs, price adjustments, policy exclusions, or even "electronic discovery insurance."

Here's the article.

Understanding the World of Email Can Help Decrease eDiscovery Costs

No doubt, the biggest expense for companies involved in large-scale litigation and governmental investigations is ediscovery.  And by far the largest contributor to ediscovey costs is the collection, processing, and reviewing of emails.  So, an understanding of the world of emails could help decrease ediscovery costs.

Here's a two-part article to help you get started:

1.  Understanding The World Of E-mail: How It Can Significantly Increase Or Decrease The Costs Of Electronic Discovery - Part I

2.  Understanding The World Of E-mail: How It Can Significantly Increase Or Decrease The Costs Of Electronic Discovery - Part II

eDiscovery Tool to Authenticate eDocuments

So, you've found the email that could prove your client was in the right all along.  Now, how you do you prove that the email is authentic?

If the recent case of Lorraine v. Markel American Insurance Co ., 241 F.R.D. 534 (D. Md. 2007) is of any guidance, the court now requires that the electronic document be authenticated "by the most rigorous standard that may be applied."

Surety's AbsoluteProof might be the answer.

Here's how the product works.

Here's what Surety's CEO have to say about AbsoluteProof.